The director of the FBI has been visiting Silicon Valley companies asking them to build back doors so that it can spy on what is being said online. The Department of Commerce is going after piracy. At home, the American government wants anything but Internet freedom.
Evgeny Morozov
Related If the FBI gets the 'back doors' it wants, Internet services would be required to create a m... ADAM COHEN We all are wearing many hundred glasses of different colors. Therefore, everyone sees the world in d... MUDITHA CHAMPIKA Integrity is not everything, but it is the only thing that matters. JEFFREY FRY We all are wearing many hundred glasses of different colors. So, everyone see the world in different... MUDITHA CHAMPIKA The killer awoke before dawn, he put his boots on. He took a face from the ancient gallery THE DOORS The Ace of Spades! The Ace of Spades! THE DOORS Monty Python and the Holy Grail. THE DOORS Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C. It is not hard to see why the FBI wants wiretapping backdoors. It would certainly make its job easie... ADAM COHEN I liked myths. They weren't adult stories and they weren't children's stories. They were better than... NEIL GAIMAN The idea is to believe me... but as far as I see the world... to believe is a sin... to trust me one... DEYTH BANGER The press is not only free, it is powerful. That power is ours. It is the proudest that man can enjo... BENJAMIN DISRAELI Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost. THOMAS JEFFERSON There are more references in the Koran than
the Bible to Mary, the mother of Jesus.
-Julia W-. JULIA W Let it be impressed upon your minds, let it be instilled into your children, that the liberty of the... JUNIUS The liberty of the press is a blessing when we are inclined to write against others, and a calamity ... SAMUEL JOHNSON The free press is the mother of all our liberties and of our progress under liberty. ADLAI E. STEVENSON Being near Silicon Valley has its advantages, and one of them is we're at ground zero for the compan... BRIAN MOURA Empathy is the ability to step outside of your own bubble and into the bubbles of other people. Empa... C. JOYBELL C. Many people think that love represents chains, bondage, the opposite of freedom. But people who beli... C. JOYBELL C. The realization is dawning that government doesn't work. In Silicon Valley, they already get thi... RAND PAUL PEACE IS THE OBJECTIVE TO WAR, BUT THE BLOOD RUNNETH STILL NATALIE URQUIETA The contribution of the Indian diaspora to the American technology revolution centered around Silico... 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